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Activism, Justice, Music

Gonna Work On Justice – new chant for Summer protests!

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Just in time for Summer Solstice – a new social justice chant from Reclaiming and Eileen Hazel!

“Whatever we work on, works on us as well. So let’s work on justice, healing and loving, so that all those beautiful things can work reciprocally on us!” – author Eileen Hazel

Gonna Work On Justice

Recorded by Reclaiming and Eileen Hazel. Streams on all sites – visit Reclaiming’s Artist page/channel. Here are quick links to a few sites:

Youtube: https://youtu.be/croeNllJ23U

Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/song/gonna-work-on-justice/6767724413

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7qVIqgBJyr4eJn44ZED9SE?si=0fe3f255ff8e4059

Bandcamp: https://eileenhazel.bandcamp.com/track/gonna-work-on-justice

Recent releases (including Spanish-English chants): http://weaveandspin.org/chants-singles

Starhawk’s Pagan Chants: https://www.weaveandspin.org/starhawk-chants

Reclaiming playlists: https://www.weaveandspin.org/playlists

Activism, Immigration, Justice

No Kings – Oct 2025 – Oakland

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Several thousand people marched in Oakland CA on the October 18, 2025 No Kings Day. Marches took place in numerous cities around the Bay Area.

And I heard there might have been protests in other places?

  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.
  • No Kings Day – October 2025 – Oakland CA. Photo by Luke Hauser/RQ.

Photos by Luke Hauser/Reclaiming Quarterly

Contact: ReclaimingQuarterly@gmail.com

Black Lives Matter, Justice, Photos

Stolen Lives – 2004 SF Vigil

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Photos from a 2004 vigil outside the SF Metreon called Stolen Lives: Killed by Law Enforcement – a forerunner of Black Lives Matter.

Stolen Lives was organized by community activists from Hunters Point neighborhoods.

Reclaiming folks including Kevyn, Bill, Starhawk, and others brought potted plants to create a living altar. You can see the Pagan Cluster circled up on the widest shot below, and creating altars in others.

Photos by George Franklin/Reclaiming Quarterly

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Black Lives Matter, Justice

Black Lives Matter – Juneteenth San Francisco

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Rallies, festivals, and marches across the U.S. commemorate Juneteenth each year.

2020 saw particular focus on the Black Lives Matter movement. Hundreds of people – almost all wearing masks and maintaining some social distance – marched up Market Street in downtown San Francisco.

Photo by George Franklin/GroundWork.

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Black Lives Matter, Photos

Black Lives Matter – Photos of George Floyd Protests in Bay Area

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Outstanding photos from the East Bay Times:

Oakland = Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group

SF = Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group

San Jose = Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area NewsGroup

Walnut Creek = Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group

 

Resources & Downloads

Classic Direct Action Rags – new downloads!

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We just posted several new issues of the original Direct Action newspapers – namesake of Luke Hauser’s novel and source of many of the stories contained therein.

Free downloads of a dozen original issues as PDFs, along with activist handbooks and a PDF of the book.

Click here!

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Climate Justice, Culture, Photos, Resources & Downloads

Youtube – A Brief History of Nonviolent Direct Action!

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Direct action has a long and honored place in American history – from the revolution itself through abolitionists, suffragists, union organizers, civil rights advocates, feminist and gay rights activists, and on to today’s vibrant climate and social justice organizing.

Click here for A Brief History of Nonviolent Direct Action

Join author Luke Hauser for a profusely illustrated 25-minute journey through our past. We’ll focus especially on nonviolent organizing from 1980 to the present, with sections on the 1980s anti-nuke movement and 2011’s Occupy actions.

Originally created around 2000, the show has been updated with a revised text and many new images.

So make a big bowl of popcorn, pull up your beanbag chair, and get ready for a journey through our history!

Photo by Janet Delaney.

 

 

 

Climate Justice, Culture

Extinction Rebellion – SF Die-Ins

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Several hundreds people gathered at San Francisco’s Civic Center on October 16, 2019 for a solemn procession punctuated by die-ins, as part of a day of Climate Justice protests.
The action, organized by Bay Area Extinction Rebellion as part of international protests during October 2019, included people from Red Rebels, Decolonization, Playful Animal Parade, Mindful Direct Action, the Climate Anxiety Tent, DAWG, and WICCA (Witches Invoking Creative Climate Action – our Bay Area Pagan Cluster!).
The actions focused attention on California government and Governor Newsom, and demanded that the state:
–  Declare a climate emergency
–  Commit to fossil-free California by 2025
–  Empower communities through citizen’s assemblies
–  Work for a just transition
Future Actions and Events: extinctionrebellionsfbay.org
WICCA/Pagan Cluster – contact and join our googlegroup
Photo by Luke Hauser.
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